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I have recently installed and configured my 2 node F5 BIG-IP cluster as load-balancer and SSL-VPN portal. I have been ocasionally performing configuration backups, but now i need to schedule them regularly and automatically.

This article covers the ways to perform the backup of a BIG-IP system and automate them.

(extra) Email backup notification

If your Linux system is configured to send emails (using mail command), you can add the following lines at the end of the script to send notifications containing an “OK” of “Fail” result of the backup process: